Chapter 10: Narration and description

Chapter 10: Narration and description

Writing a narrative and descriptive essay you begin with the writer’s goal which is a personal narrative that is significant to you and you learned about yourself. Some keys to success to writing is to be passionate, include characters, and create memorable descriptions. Some topics to consider are: initiation, loss, run-in, arrival, occasion.

Guidelines to writing narration and description:

1. Select a topic that is an experience that was important to you.

2. Narrow your focus to specific moments and outcomes, significant points and climax, results, what’s going on, others experience, what you’ve learned, and what would you change.

3. Your purpose and audience; to entertain, celebrate, warn, illustrate, or gain sympathy.

4. Gather details.

5. Write first draft; set the stage, include dialogue, build a plot, express your feelings, use transitions and select verbs carefully.

6. Share your story with someone. See if they see main points,have any questions or suggestions.

7. Revise your writing; review, revise, recreate, specific incident, check details, description, dialogue, theme, thesis and point.

8. Edit and proofread.

9. Prepare final copy.